of con ##script ##s , under the increasingly controversial national service scheme . consisting of two infantry battalions as well as armour , aviation , artillery and other support arms , the task force was assigned primary responsibility for its own area and was based at nu ##i dat , in ph ##uo ##c tu ##y province . included were the iroquois helicopters of no . 9 squadron raaf . at the battle of long tan on 18 august 1966 , d company , 6 ra ##r with considerable artillery support held off and defeated a viet cong force that was at least six times bigger than itself . 18 australians were killed and 24 wounded , while 245 communist dead were later recovered from the battlefield .
of conscripts, under the increasingly controversial national service scheme. consisting of two infantry battalions as well as armour, aviation, artillery and other support arms, the task force was assigned primary responsibility for its own area and was based at nui dat, in phuoc tuy province. included were the iroquois helicopters of no. 9 squadron raaf. at the battle of long tan on 18 august 1966, d company, 6 rar with considerable artillery support held off and defeated a viet cong force that was at least six times bigger than itself. 18 australians were killed and 24 wounded, while 245 communist dead were later recovered from the battlefield.